In a gas blast at a coalmine in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan rose to 19, with 28 miners still trapped underground, according to the local city government.
A total of 154 miners were working underground when the accident occurred on Wednesday around 6 p.m. at Xiaojiawan Coal Mine, according to Panzhihua city's official.
Within an hour of the incident, 104 had been rescued, but three had died en route to the hospital, the city said.
the government has to rescue them quickly.miners are important